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What is Health Literacy?
A wide range of conditions that affect our health
Ability to understand basic health information and services
Idea used to make written and oral info easier to understand
All answers are correct
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Health Literacy Allows Us to Maintain a Healthy Lifestyle
True
False
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When Using Plain Language Avoid Using...
Statistics
Plain language
Technical words
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Which Is Not an Example of Good Physical Health
Healthy Diet
Exercising
Getting Enough Sleep
Substance Abuse
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What Percent of People Lack Skills Needed to Manage Health?
30%
50%
90%
10%
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What is Plain Language?
Simple words that make it easy for the public to understand
Terminologies best understood by people in that field
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When a Doctor Uses the Word Positive They Mean
You are not healthy and something looks abnormal
Benign
Normal
Healthy
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Causes of Mental Health Include
Environmental Factors
Biology
None of These Are Causes
Hereditary
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For every $1 spent on health literacy we could save...
$10
$25
$100
$5
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When a Doctor Uses the Word Negative they mean
You are healthy and everything looks normal
Cancerous
Abnormal
You are not healthy
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Patients With Low Health Literacy...
Have more hospital stays
Are more likely to visit an emergency room
Are less likely to follow treatment plans
Have higher mortality rates
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Before spreading information on the grapevine you should verify the information
True! You don't want to be spreading false information!
False
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Which is not one of the 5 steps to becoming health literate
Taking Action
Making Decisions Together
Your Doctors Health
Your Health
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Who is at High Risk?
Chronic Disease Patients
Immigrants
All these answers are correct
Elderly
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Health Literacy Affects Peoples Ability to...
Fill out complex forms and locating providers and services
Understand mathematical concepts such as probability & risk
Navigate the healthcare system
Share personal health history with providers
